In these interviews Tupac displays his vernacular intelligence. He touches on many issues and extends on problems within the Black community. Below each video you can find notable parts of the interviews if you do not want to watch the entire video.
2:00 Tupac talks about how the only reason that people are now focusing on the violence in blacks communities is because rappers are now talking about it and bringing it into the white mainstream.
6:00 Tupac talks about how he had no criminal record until he started to making music. He also touches on how the media portrays one side of him. "You see Tupac coming out of jail in cuffs. You don't see pictures of the police standing over me busting my brains in." (Referring to being beat up by police officers in Oakland. Tupac filed a lawsuit in the case.)
Tupac Interview With Ed Gordon Pt. 3
2:00 Talks about not having a father. "I hate saying this because white people love hearing black people talk about this." Shows his consciousness that Black problems have been blamed on not having a strong father figure in the household.
4:00-6:00 Says that black on black violence is "Suicide, not homicide...Were living in a warzone. We live in hell. Stacked up 80 deep in one building. You strapped to protect yourself." He draws on the comparison that police need riot gear to come to the ghetto. He says that they are fighting villains in the streets but they (white society) see them all as villains. Talks about how Black people are scared of the same violence they are. "Just cause we're black we get along with the murderers and rapists? No. But when they get out they are coming to the ghetto and living in the same buildings as us."
